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Paperback. This book explores the 18th century natural philosopher Henry Cavendish, best known for his work in chemistry and physics. It traces aspects of his personality, views and interpretations of him, and explores notions of eccentricity and autism. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 327 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JMS; PDX; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319350646
- ISBN
- 9783319350646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.94
€ 160.94
Hardcover. The Personality of Henry Cavendish - Profile of a Historian of Science Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 310 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMS; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319024370
- ISBN
- 9783319024370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.12
€ 162.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 115 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PDX; PDZM; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319473727
- ISBN
- 9783319473727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.39
€ 48.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Offers a social history of Chinese paleoanthropology and a cultural - and at times comparative - history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. Focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, this book offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; PDX; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738604
- ISBN
- 9780226738604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Turner, G.L.E. Series: History of Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1976
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048184682
- ISBN
- 9789048184682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.35
€ 193.35
Hardback. Editor(s): Turner, G.L.E. Series: History of Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789028601451
- ISBN
- 9789028601451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.34
€ 198.34
Hardcover. Explorer, scientist, writer, and humanist, Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous intellectual of the age that began with Napoleon and ended with Darwin. This title traces Humboldt's ideas for "Cosmos" to his 1799 journey to the Americas, where he first experienced the diversity of nature and of the world's people. Num Pages: 424 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PDX; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226871820
- ISBN
- 9780226871820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Explorer, scientist, writer, and humanist, Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous intellectual of the age that began with Napoleon and ended with Darwin. This title traces Humboldt's ideas for "Cosmos" to his 1799 journey to the Americas, where he first experienced the diversity of nature and of the world's people. Num Pages: 424 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226871837
- ISBN
- 9780226871837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Hardback. Illustrated with hundreds of Edison's drawings, these documents are further illuminated by meticulous research on a wide range of sources, including the most recently digitized newspapers and journals of the day. Series: The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. Num Pages: 1032 pages, 604, 9 black & white halftones, 589 black & white line drawings, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1032
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417493
- ISBN
- 9781421417493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.26€ 103.58
€ 115.26
€ 103.58
Hardback. Editor(s): Marchitello, Howard; Tribble, Evelyn. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467782
- ISBN
- 9781137467782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 341.50
€ 341.50
Paperback. Chronicles the ascendance of the once - maligned science of paleontology to the vanguard of a field. This title includes contributions and overviews from historians and philosophers of science. Editor(s): Sepkoski, David; Ruse, Michael. Num Pages: 584 pages, 29 halftones, 13 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 272 x 33. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226275710
- ISBN
- 9780226275710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61
Hardback. The Oxford Illustrated History of Science offers readers an accessible and entertaining introduction to the history of science as well as a valuable and authoritative reference work. Editor(s): Morus, Iwan Rhys. Series: Oxford Illustrated History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 93 colour illustrations; 46 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199663279
- ISBN
- 9780199663279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. This 'Oxford Handbook' brings together contributions by leading authorities on key areas of the history of physics since the seventeenth century. In a single volume, it offers a comprehensive introduction to scholarly contributions that have tended to be dispersed in journals and books not easily accessible to the student or general reader. Editor(s): Buchwald, Jed Z. (California Institute of Technology); Fox, Robert. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 960 pages, 108 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198805328
- ISBN
- 9780198805328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.25
€ 74.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226462202
- ISBN
- 9780226462202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226442112
- ISBN
- 9780226442112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.13€ 90.12
€ 108.13
€ 90.12
paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 118 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 40. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529846
- ISBN
- 9780262529846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.72
€ 33.99
€ 22.72
Paperback. Tracing the development of population genetics through the writings of such luminaries as Darwin, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Haldane and Wright, this text sheds light on this complex field as well as its bearing on other branches of biology. Series: Chicago History of Science & Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226684642
- ISBN
- 9780226684642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.84
€ 38.84
Hardback. Translator(s): Leneaux, G.F. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 631 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 631
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792308980
- ISBN
- 9780792308980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 375.08
€ 375.08
Hardcover. Takes you on a journey through time and space. The author begins at "year zero," and looks back from there, photographing the past in the present. Alongside the photographs, she combines tales of her worldly adventures tracking down these subjects with informative insight from the scientists who are studying them and their environments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 120 colour plates, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 238 x 1. Weight in Grams: 2084.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226057507
- ISBN
- 9780226057507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
Paperback. The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges. Editor(s): Van Lente, Dick. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTB; PDX; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343645
- ISBN
- 9781349343645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85